Saumur is a French wine region located in the Loire Valley. The region is noted for sparkling wines produced by the traditional method, and for red wines made primarily from Cabernet Franc. The main variety in the white wines is Chenin blanc.
From the Wikipedia article Saumur (wine), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saumur is an appellation in Loire, France. Its rules allow Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc. We track 90 of its wines in stock at 25 shops, from 17 wine houses, from € 8.95; mostly white, red, sparkling.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Loire
- Grapes allowed
- Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc
- In our wines
- Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Grolleau, Pinot Noir
- Styles
- White 47 · Red 25 · Sparkling 18
- Prices
- from € 8.95 · median € 43.25 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +5.3 °C · 2,142 GDD · 27 % rain |
| 2025 | 4 | € 16.50 | € 25.55 | – | hotdry +1.9 °C · 1,678 GDD · 39 % rain |
| 2024 | 6 | € 23.00 | € 38.38 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,331 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2023 | 9 | € 20.55 | € 40.14 | – | hot +2.2 °C · 1,736 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2022 | 7 | € 12.95 | € 63.55 | – | hotdry +2.8 °C · 1,876 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 2021 | 13 | € 8.95 | € 52.73 | 92.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,278 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2020 | 10 | € 26.50 | € 76.26 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,412 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2019 | 3 | € 56.00 | € 56.00 | 92.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.9 °C · 1,464 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2018 | 4 | € 49.13 | € 101.01 | – | hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 1,567 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2017 | 6 | € 48.17 | € 75.25 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,446 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 42.81 | € 42.81 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,277 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2015 | 2 | € 32.11 | € 33.11 | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,274 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,280 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2013 | 2 | € 30.10 | € 37.13 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,182 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,198 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,354 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.5 °C · 1,153 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,275 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2008 | 1 | € 260.00 | € 260.00 | – | cold −1.3 °C · 1,022 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2007 | 1 | € 260.00 | € 260.00 | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,113 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,480 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,461 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,202 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,362 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,029 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,138 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,124 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,275 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,161 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,291 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,113 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,319 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,278 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,077 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,311 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,382 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.4 °C · 1,590 GDD · 47 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,562 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,196 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,270 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,140 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.2 °C · 1,024 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,007 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,141 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,176 GDD · 115 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Saumur's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Domaine Guiberteau 24 · Domaine des Roches Neuves 14 · Roches Neuves Thierry Germain 6 · Domaine Des Sanzay 6 · Chapin Landais 4 · Bouvet-Ladubay 3 · Domaine du Collier 3 · Château Yvonne 2 · Arnaud Lambert 2 · Brendan Stater-West 2 · Clos Rougeard 2 · Domaine Frédéric Mabileau 2 · Domaine Moly 2 · Château de Villeneuve 1 · Chai De La Dive 1 · Alliance Loire 1